Garment.



E. M. HASH.

GARMENT. v APPLICA-HON FILEDYJAN. 18. 1916.

@Megs ELSIE M. RASH, 0F NEW PROVIDENCE, IOWA.

GAEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

Application filed'rJ'anuary 18, 1916. Serial No. 72,736. Y

To all whom #may concern: v y

Be it known that I, ELsIE M. HASH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Providence, in the'county of Hardin and State of Iowa.y have invented new and useful Improve; rentI in Garments, of` which the following is a specification.

The garment which is the subject matter of the present application for patent is designed more particularly for infants Wear to protect the infant against cold, the garment being constructed so that it may be folded and secured to completely inclose the legs and feet.

The invention also has for its object to provide a garment of the kind stated which can be worn' without'discomfort, and which issadjustable so that it may be worn as an ordinary coat. v v

Thevobjects stated are attained by means of a'lnovel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed,I and in orderl that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.v

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an inside elevvation of the garment unfolded, and Fig. 2. is an elevation of thel garment showing the manneran which it may be folded.

Referring specifically to theV drawing, the garment has the form of an infa ts long coat composed of a coat or body portion 5 and a skirt portion G, the former being provided with sleeves garment is open in Ibottom, buttons and suitable means upthe garment.

In the bottom edge of the skirt portion 6, at the sides thereof, are notches 9v which front from the top to the button holes or other divide this portion of the garment into a 'rear flap 10, .flaps-are foldable on the dotted line 12 inand two front flaps 11. These Copies of this patent may be obtained `for 7 and a collar 8. The

being provided for closingv ve cents each, Washington, D. O.

dialed in Eig. and they are had in aided 10 and 11 unfolded as in-Fig. l. The gar-v ment then has the appearance of 'an ordinary infants long coat, and it hangs even all the way around, the flaps being of. the same length and forming the bottom of the skirt portion of the garment. If the infants legs and feety are to be covered up, the iaps are foldedv The front fiaps-ll'are folded upward and inward, and the rear flap 10 is folded over to come in front of the bottom portion of the skirt and the folded flaps 11 under the same, the flap 10 tion by the buttons or other fasteners 13. The garment is now closed up at the bottom, and the legs and feet of the infant are completely enveloped and protected against cold. The garment has suiiicient lengtt` an Width to allow the legs of the infant perfect free-- dom: of movement.

A garment comprising a coat and a skirt portion open in front and having fasteners for securing said front inclosed position, the bottom edge of the skirt portion having notches at the sides, said notches defining foldable separate front bottom of the skirt portion, of uniform length, and the ing foldable inward between the rear and the vfolded front portion of the neath said folded front portion, and the rear flap being foldable over and on the outside said flaps being of the front of the skirt portion to close by addressing the commissioner of ZPatenta,

and secured as shown in Fig. 2.-

and rear flaps at the' front flaps be.

garment bebeing secured .in this posl.- 

